The other day there was a piece about the lack of women on UK Boards in the Evening Standard http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/boardroom-doors-are-still-closed-for-women-8084093.html The key points were that: Not one woman has joined the board of any of Britain’s biggest companies in the past year In the past two years, of 87 executive Read More
Nicky Richmond is the joint managing partner and one of four equity partners at West End property law practice Brecher. There are over 30 lawyers and a number of new lateral hires – from City firms and specialist boutiques – are due to join soon. She kindly shared her experiences Read More
An interesting paper from the masters of strategy arrived earlier this month. The essence of their previous argument was that “the only way to set strategy effectively during uncertain times was to bring together, much more frequently, the members of the top team, who were uniquely positioned to surface critical Read More
As I have blogged before about Mischon de Reya, (most recently http://kimtasso.com/collaborative-marketing-of-family-law-services-debretts-and-mishcon-de-reya and http://kimtasso.com/legal-marketing-case-study-mishcon-de-reya) it was interesting to read the article about the firm in a recent edition of The Lawyer http://www.thelawyer.com/reya-light/1013344.article Some of the key themes that emerge as to the key to its success include: A strong managing partner Read More
Econsultancy – as part of its corporate social responsibility programme – is taking some of the brightest graduates and putting them through an intensive “graduate boot camp” digital marketing training programme and making them available for three month internships. The initial 20 “inspiring interns” – whose disciplines span marketing, media, Read More
